In this image, captured from a YouTube video posted by LuckyLouProduction, attorney Albert D'Agostino, shouts at a speaker at an East Ramapo school board meeting in 2010.

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Continuing tensions between the East Ramapo Board of Education and the public boiled over Tuesday night when a meeting room packed full of upset students and parents erupted into chants, prompting all but one board member to walk out.

Minutes later, outside the district offices, a hostile exchange between a community activist and the district's lawyer led the lawyer to shout profanities at a student who intervened, the student said.

Nicholas Pulakos, a Ramapo High School senior, said he was leaving the building with a friend when he encountered activist Steve White standing outside as ...